Archive for the ‘neuroscience’ category: Page 594
Jan 20, 2020
Belgian neurologist wins €1m prize for work on serious brain trauma
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Generet prize will fund more trials by Steven Laureys to help written-off ‘vegetative’ patients.
Jan 19, 2020
Sugar alters brain chemistry after only 12 days
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: chemistry, neuroscience
New research in pigs examines how sugar intake affects the brain’s reward circuits and finds that changes are noticeable after just 12 days.
Jan 18, 2020
How To Hack A Human Brain | VICE on HBO
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: biotech/medical, cybercrime/malcode, neuroscience
Advancements in neurotechnology are blurring the line between biology and technology. There is an emerging push to implant electronic devices inside the human body, hardwire them to our brains, and allow us to not only overcome disadvantages or injury but open up entirely new avenues of human experience.
VICE’s Thomas Morton got an inside look at what might be the next evolutionary step for humankind.
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Jan 18, 2020
Functional brain architecture is associated with the rate of tau accumulation in Alzheimer’s disease
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Tau accumulation is associated with disease progression in Alzheimer’s disease. Here the authors use resting state fMRI and tau-PET to demonstrate that baseline connectivity in Alzheimer’s disease is associated with tau spreading.
Jan 18, 2020
7 rules to reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s and keep your brain healthy
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org.
During the last Alzheimer’s disease support meeting I attended at my mother’s assisted living center, I sheepishly asked if anyone else was worried about their own risk for the disease.
A lot of hands went up.
Jan 18, 2020
The relationship between Biological and Artificial Intelligence
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biological, neuroscience, robotics/AI
Claims of a relationship between AI and Neuroscience are more common than ever. They are often used to imply a higher chance of success for a technology. Are these claims true or just a hype?
Jan 18, 2020
How much maximum heat can your brain tolerate?
Posted by Paul Battista in category: neuroscience
Jan 17, 2020
Professor: Electrons and Quarks May Experience Consciousness
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: neuroscience, particle physics
Jan 17, 2020
Belgian brain doctor awarded for easing coma survivors’ return
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Not all patients who fall into a coma return, and when they do it can mark a moment of joy for their loved ones—but their troubles are rarely over.
Often, brain damage leaves them paralysed or unable to communicate.
Belgian neurologist Steven Laureys has dedicated himself to the question of how to improve the lives of the formerly comatose, and of their families.
